Vikings' new coach can envision Super Bowl victory

New Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer answers a question during an NFL football media availability at Winter Park in Eden Prairie on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Zimmer is the ninth head coach in the Vikings' franchise history. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

Mike Zimmer just moved into his new office, and he already is envisioning in great detail a Super Bowl win for the Vikings.

Zimmer was introduced as the team's new coach Friday, two days after being named to the position. Among those looking on was legendary coach Bud Grant, who went 0-4 in Super Bowls with Minnesota.

The Vikings never have won one in their 53-year history, but Zimmer is expecting it will happen, and he provided a blow-by-blow account of how it would turn out.

"I can't wait to stand on the podium with Zygi (Wilf) and Mark (Wilf) and Jonathan (Wilf)," said Zimmer, referring to team owners. "And we're standing on the podium and we look up and the confetti is falling on top of us and the commissioner, (Roger) Goodell, comes over and he hands the Super Bowl trophy to (Zygi) Wilf and tells him we're world champions. So that is my goal and my drive."

Zimmer does know about Super Bowl celebrations. When he was in his second year as a Dallas assistant, the Cowboys won it all after the 1995 season.

Zimmer showed off his Super Bowl ring Friday. And he wasn't the only one talking about winning the big game.

"Vikings fans will love coach Zimmer,'' Mark Wilf said. "He will help us compete for (NFC North) championships each year and he will lead us to our ultimate goal of bringing a Super Bowl championship to Minnesota.''

Zimmer, an NFL assistant the past 20 years, is a head coach for the first time. He has displayed plenty of confidence in his initial days with the Vikings. "I'm pretty good at my job," he said.

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Zimmer lauded Minnesota's talent, even though the team went just 5-10-1 in 2013. As for the Vikings having to play the next two years outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium before moving into a new stadium in 2016, Zimmer called that a positive.

"We want to win as fast as we possibly can," Zimmer said. "I think we can make that into a huge advantage for us, playing at the college stadium over there. ... I just think, how many teams do you know of that have had to do that? I think we can make it such a positive by the way we talk about it. ... Maybe opponents, when they talk about it, they're going (to say), 'Oh, we've got to go here.' ... But we're going to be excited about it.''

The Vikings have bid to host Super Bowl LII played in Minneapolis in February 2018, which would conclude the team's second season in their new stadium. Perhaps Zimmer eventually will be talking in detail about the Vikings winning their first Super Bowl in their home stadium.